Comments on: Headaches Caused by Someone Else https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/09/headaches-caused-by-someone-else.html Everything to make HR better Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:22:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: HR Wench https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/09/headaches-caused-by-someone-else.html#comment-1153 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:13:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/09/headaches-caused-by-someone-else.html#comment-1153 Anon – It sounds as though the person is of a non-Caucasian race and therefore in a protected class. What more, the person has expressed he feels he is being singled out due to his protected class status. Therefore any action an employer takes carries more risk of a lawsuit than if the person was not in a protected class and/or not complaining he feels he is being discriminated against. Even if he is absolutely NOT being discriminated against what-so-ever, he could still bring suit AND win.
This is the “big deal” of it all. As an HR professional one usually wants to go with the less risky of choices – since one’s job is typically to advise the company of risk and work to decrease that risk as much as possible while still being able to move the business forward.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/09/headaches-caused-by-someone-else.html#comment-1152 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:21:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/09/headaches-caused-by-someone-else.html#comment-1152 Question 1- What qualifies this person as a “protected class”? (How can I become a protected class– just kidding)

Question 2- Why can’t you “eliminate” the “position” he’s hired for and give him notice of indefinite unemployment (don’t know the correct term but mean- no definite recall date). Wouldn’t that be legal, since the position was “created” especially for him and is now no longer needed?

-CJ

]]> By: Ask a Manager https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/09/headaches-caused-by-someone-else.html#comment-1151 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:22:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/09/headaches-caused-by-someone-else.html#comment-1151 I agree 100% with this. Every word.

]]> By: bruce https://www.evilhrlady.org/2007/09/headaches-caused-by-someone-else.html#comment-1150 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:49:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2007/09/headaches-caused-by-someone-else.html#comment-1150 Good grief, what a mess. Great advice from the Evil One on a (hopefully) tidy resolution.

If it were me, I’d still cross my fingers.

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